How to Buy an iPhone X This Week Info

How to Buy an iPhone X This Week Info

The iPhone X, Apple’s thousand-dollar smartphone, drops Friday, November 3. If you’re waiting for the right time to buy, this week is it. Apple just revealed how to get your hands on the phone in the first round of sales (or at least try). Depending on your preferred method of acquisition, the face-scanning, notch-having iOS device could be yours without you having to heft your body to an actual Apple retail store.

Pre-Order Online (if You Can)

Save yourself the trouble of going to a physical Apple store to pre-order your iPhone X online; you can do it all from Apple’s website, or through the Apple Store app. That is, if you’re planning to stay up very late on Thursday, since pre-orders start on Friday, October 27 at 12:01 am PDT. Even though you might be second in line at your local Apple Store, pre-ordering online is a different beast entirely. Everyone around the world will be hitting Apple’s site, attempting to purchase the (homely) device. That means servers processing orders will slow to a crawl, and you might suffer from a connection timeout, which could set you back a bit or force you to restart the pre-order process entirely. Remember to breathe, or at least use a wired Internet connection.

Apple Upgrade Members Get First Dibs

Membership has its privileges, especially if you’re looking to get a new iPhone X. Eligible members of the iPhone Upgrade Program can start the upgrade process early and shave some time off their pre-order by getting their order in before the regular buyers are able to do the same. You’ll need your device’s serial number and IMEI, which you can find in your iPhone’s Settings app after going to General > About. A credit check is required, but if you pass that, you can advance through the process and get your midnight pre-order off quickly and efficiently so you can hit the sack. Over the course of two years, you’ll be paying $49.91 per month for the 64GB model, or $56.16 per month for the 256GB model.

Hit Up the Apple Store

Thrill-seekers can always try their luck and attempt to get an iPhone X in the flesh. You can walk into any Apple Store on Friday, November 3 at 8:00 am and buy one there, but you’ll probably be one of many waiting in line for the flagship device. Thanks to alleged production issues, iPhone X supplies will be limited, so waiting in line with the rest of the iPhone X faithful might not be the best idea due to the limited number of devices, combined with the early birds showing up to wait in line before you can ask Siri about Friday morning’s weather. You’re better than this. Use the Internet.

Go Through Your Carrier

Every carrier will have its own supply of iPhone X devices, but you can try to increase your chances of snagging one by following your carrier’s pre-order instructions. Pre-orders begin the same time as Apple’s own pre-order program. You can try walking into your carrier’s retail store, but the chances they’ll have enough devices to keep up with launch day demand is slim.